melania trump is a fine surrogate. >> i'm thrilled that ivanka is out there. melania trump. tiffany trump is keeping her campaign schedule these days and certainly the boys. let's not leave them out. and we've got these super surrogates who are his family members and i think they tell a story about their father in this case her husband that is very different about his character and his policy precipitations, the sacrifice they have all made that i talk so frequently about to run in the first place. but i also because his older, his adult children are involved in his business. they also know hyim as a boss ad as a mentor. they are really all dotting the maps. and i think melania trump's message anderson which was giving you a interview a couple of weeks ago and today's speech i feel like those excerpts should be played again and again. contrast melania trump to bill clinton who's on the stump every day and says things like obamacare is the craziest things he's ever seen and goes off message quite a bit. i really appreciate that melania trump does not call attention to herself

>> melania trump: i did. >> trump: she does-- >> melania trump: i-- you know, from the beginning of the campaign. but-- >> stahl: does he listen to you? >> melania trump: sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn't-- >> trump: i'm not a big tweeter. i mean, i don't do too many, but they hit home. and they have to get a point across. >> stahl: if he does something that you think crossed a line, will you tell him? >> melania trump: yes, i tell him all the time. >> stahl: all the time? >> melania trump: all the time. >> stahl: and does-- >> melania trump: and-- >> stahl: --he listen? does he-- >> melania trump: i think he-- he hears me. but he will do what he wants to he knows the consequences. and i give him my opinion. and he could do whatever he likes with it. >> stahl: did you ask melania sort of, for permission, in a way, to run for president? did you get her approval? >> trump: well, i actually sat down with melania and my whole family and we talked about it. don, ivanka, eric, tiffany. barron to a lesser extent, but barron too. because in a way he's affected maybe more. >> stahl: may

melania trump campaigning solo. first turn in the spotlight since the republican convention which opportunity turn out after partial lines taken from michelle obama. today the speech is billed for what trump presidency will mean for women, children and families. background is crucial battleground state for her husband. reporting. >> reporter: at mainline sports center justified philadelphia, melania trump was the main event. >> i came here today to talk about my husband donald and his deep love and respect for this country. >> reporter: mrs. donald trump sharing both her husband's love of the united states and her own. she told the crowd she's always loved america, even growing up under communist rule in so slovenia. >> america was opportunity. ment if you could dream it, become it. >> reporter: first speech since the plagiarism mess at convention. send to philadelphia. can't win without the suburban women. >> reporter: how does she help him win that group. >> should be out in front. gravitating to hillary clinton be

(melania trump, wife of donald trump) "hi fans, it's melania trump."not everyone has fans.... fans....(melania trump, wife of donald trump) "hi fans - i'm going to metropolitan gala."and not everyone goes to galas in designer gowns. (melania trump, wife of donald trump) "christian seriano did for me and thank you, christian. it's beautiful job, fantastic job."you can't say melania hasn't had plenty of training for all those state dinners she and president trump will be hosting. hosting.(jeanne moos, reporting) "almost instantly after the election melania updated at-real-melania-trump became at-first-lady-melania-trump. on thursday she chronicled her trip to washington, writing "such an honor" to visit the white house.little did she know this would end up being her home back when she tweeted this photo captioned "at home with my husband."don't worry, melania, there is a piano in the white house...should you feel the urge to recline. when donald and melania trump move into the white house in january...they'll bring something... or rather someone... the home hasn't seen in over 5

we saw melania trump in one of the philadelphia suburbs. mpact. >> the suburbs will be crucial to this election. we know donald trump needs to put a democratic state in play if he gets to 270 votes. pennsylvania has long been one of those states on his list even though it's gone democratic in the six presidential elections. the way pennsylvania sort of shakes out in a presidential election is that the democrats come out of philadelphia and allegheny county around pittsburgh with an advantage of about 500,000 votes. the republicans win almost everything else, and you have these counties where there are suburban women voters, women voters, the kind of voters donald trump is having trouble attracting his campaign. it was an effective performance. there's something effective about seeing someone who isn't a professional politician give testimony to a candidate but it's a big political assignment to think melania trump can repair the damage donald trump has done to himself with those suburban voters the access hollywood tape, with some of his rhe

>> melania trump: we are used to it. yes. >> trump: i-- i will say, it is on a different scale now, because i've had a lot. but i've never had anything like this. >> stahl: you won't be able to walk down the street. >> melania trump: i didn't do that for two years already, so you know, it will just continue. it's another level, but it will continue. >> stahl: at that point, the discussion turned back to some of the thornier issues mr. trump faces. >> stahl: f.b.i. director james comey. are you going to ask for his resignation? >> trump: i think that i would rather not comment on that yet. i don't-- i haven't made up my mind. i respect him a lot. i respect the f.b.i. a lot. i think-- >> stahl: even though they leak so much? >> trump: well, there's been a lot of leaking, there's no question about that. but i would certainly like to talk to him. and see him. this is a tough time for him. and i would like to talk to him before i'd answer a question like that. >> stahl: sounds like you're not >> trump: well, sure, i'm not . i'

(melania trump, wife of donald trump) "christian seriano did for me and thank you, christian. it's beautiful job, fantastic job." you can't say melania hasn't had plenty of training for all those state dinners she and president trump will be hosting. (jeanne moos, reporting) "almost instantly after the election melania updated her instagram." at-real-melania- trump became at- first-lady-melania- trump. on thursday she chronicled her trip to washington, writing "such an honor" to visit the white house. little did she know this would end up being her home back when she tweeted this photo captioned "at home with my husband." don't worry, melania, there is a piano in the white house... should you feel the urge to recline. jeanne moos cnn new york.>> everyone from destiny's child to steph curry, even former presidential nominee hillary mannequin challenge. heck, we even tried it out here on air! well now our hometown heroes are getting in on the fun. see what happens when las vegas fire and rescue accepts the mannequin challenge. a snapshot in time. las vegas fire and rescue just ac

that's exactly what happened to melania trump. in, it's this case after case of irony of when it komgz to the trump campaign. the national enquirer -- excuse me, the "wall street journal" just broke as i was about to sit down that he -- it looks like he actually had an affair with someone during his marriage with melania trump, but the national enquirer basically bought the rights to tell that story of that affair. so it's not just this idea of this hypocrisy of who he is but again, being an undocumented worker, he's constantly trying to accuse hillary clinton of having an unseemly relationship with her husband but he does the same thing but he threatens and pays people off not to come forward. >> i want to get your reaction to what caldwell and the associated press is reported tonight about melania trump's first work in the united states which apparently was done, according to the a.p., without the proper visa. >> look, if she was here on a visitor visa without the authorization to work, and she worked in violation of that -- the

melania trump steppeded into presidential politics almost a year and a half ago, when she stepped on hat gold-looking escalator, trump tower in new york, rode into the political spotlight with her husband. since then, she's been in and out of the public eye as events unfolded. >> are we going to see more of her on the campaign trail? >> i think very much. >> melania, say a few words, come on. >> hello, iowa, this is very, very special night, and you voting for your next president. >> i would be me. i will be different than any other first ladies. >> from a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. >> michelle obama gives a speech and everyone loves it, it's fantastic. they think she's absolutely great. my wife melania gives the exact same speech. and people get on her case. >> she's actually going to make two or three speeches. >> oh. >> all right, let's bring in our panel, our chief political correspondent tdana bash with u. kr kirsten power, "usa today," and the author of the book "broad influence," there you see the book cover. d

melania trump?decked in white? taking a late night victory immigrant...now the first foreign born first lady since john adams' wife louisa. melania's road to the white house, anything but conventional. she met trump in 1998 when she was modeling in new york...the couple married in 2005 and welcomed son barron a year later. melania telling abc news he was the reason she was largely absent from the campaign trail. melania trump (gs intv) 10:13:54;18 my priority is my son, barron, our son, barron. july, she was warmly greeted as she took the stage at the republican national convention... (nats applause) but her words...widely criticized for bearing striking resemeblance to michelle obama's 2008 dnc speech-- sots overlap sot michelle: "you work hard for what you want in life" sot melania: "you work hard for what you want in life" sots back-to-back sot michelle: "that your word is your bond and you do what you say" sot melania: "that your word is a lower profile...but just last week, hit the battleground state of pennysl

that we have seen, and we will show that number in just a moment, that we have not seen more from melania trump on the campaign trail. >>> it is a smart move for them in the closing days with the polls tightening and donald trump needing to improve. getting his wife and daughter out there as much as possible. i think it makes sense, tries to soften his image, showing he will be voubded by strong-level headed women. and they're pushing back against the star power that hillary clinton has in the closing days including her his, the president, the current first la lady, and so forth. the republicans sort of answer to that the best they can. >> to have all of these grown children who are articulate for hillary clinton and chelsea clinton. >> this is the first generation that we know of that we're handing our kids a lesser america. less hope, and it's because of politicia politicians. let's shake up that system, let's drain the swamp. >> prehen sieve tax reform is critical. dramatically decreases taxes on business. always continuing to invest and improve and show we are stronger together. >> your tho

melania trump will be out campaigning for the first time in a suburb of philadelphia. donald trump tweeting about that. he says my wife melania will be speaking in pennsylvania this afternoon. so exciting. big crowds. i will be watching from north carolina. the campaign also not giving up on states like wisconsin. not giving up on michigan, as well, mike pence will be there with ted cruz who will be out campaigning for the top of the ticket for the first time there in michigan. also, in iowa. trump for his part when he's done here in jacksonville he's going to be heading to north carolina, making two stops there. carol? >> jason carroll reporting live from jacksonville, florida. thanks so much. while trump stays to stay on message, hillary clinton is warning her supporters what a trump presidency would look like. >> he has shown us who he is. now we have to decide who we are. and right now across the country, people are doing just that. they are rejecting his dark, and divisive vision. we know that america is big-hearted. not small-minded. we want to lift people up. not

>> it's important that we heard from melania trump. we haven't heard from her in a public setting like this since the convention. she did not offer the kind of personal endorsement about donald trump's treatment of women which has become such a big issue in this campaign. >> it's the first speech she has given on the trail since the disastrous night at the republican convention when mrs. trump was discovered to have plagiarized from a michelle obama speech. >> the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. >> the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them. >> reporter: melania trump went back into the shadows after that covered by her previous declaration that her priority was caring for the couple son, barron. then the "access hollywood" tape and accusations from at least ten different women. allegations that trump has denied and forced melania to firmly defend him in an interview with cnn's anderson coop

(melania trump, wife of donald trump) "hi fans, it's melania trump." not everyone has of donald trump) "hi fans - i'm going to metropolitan gala." and not everyone goes to galas in designer gowns. (melania trump, wife of donald trump) "christian seriano did for me and thank you, christian. it's beautiful job, fantastic job." you can't say melania hasn't had plenty of training for all those state dinners she and president trump will be hosting. (jeanne moos, reporting) "almost instantly after the election melania updated her instagram." at-real-melania- trump became at- first-lady-melania- trump. on thursday she chronicled her trip to washington, writing "such an honor" to visit the white house. this would end up being her home back when she tweeted this photo captioned "at home with my husband." don't worry, melania, there is a piano in the white house... should you feel the urge to recline. jeanne moos cnn new york. saturday night live is usually about the funny.... but last night they got all... emotional on us. " "32-36 singing when we come more on k

there's been no meanness, no cruelty, no smallness that has emanated from melania trump's mouth and i think that what she said today is something that everybody should pay attention to when you think about how disgusting social media is. when it comes to her husband, donald trump, i think of sherman's reflection of lincoln after his assassination. he said "i've met all the great men of the world, the industrialists, the kings and the emperors but i met no man who's ever had more of the qualities of greatness and goodness than abraham lincoln." and donald trump has proven, chiefly with his twitter account, that he is quite the oppositional virtues to the ones described with the -- about lincoln. and so the cruelty, mocking disabled people, the pain inflicted on the mother of an american hero, a gold star mother, the random daily small acts of cruelty that emanate from the twitter account. he has debased our political dialogue, our political culture in this country. he has made the culture more vile, more mean, more small and i hope that -- and i'm happy she said it and i'm happy we get

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this is the first time melania trump gave the speech. could she convince moms to vote for donald trump, 4% say yes and 96% say no. back in a moment. do you like nuts? hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is one wrong move. donald trump audio only: "i would bomb the sh_t out of them." vo: just one. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. >>> live moment where president obama will be rallying here. >> thanks for your time, i am thomas roberts, my colleague, kate snow has it all covered now. very exc about the cubs. congrats to you. >> thank y

hometown hero, melania trump, tiny hometown in europe, the residence hopes her success will make it a tourist hot spot. a busy travel weekend, "nightly news" begins now. headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with kate snow. good evening, donald trump leaving florida after spending thanksgiving there with his family. using twitter to break news. trump wrote that he would have won the popular vote but did not because millions of people voted details. the latest count shows clinton won the popular vote by more than 2 million votes. we get the latest details from kristen welker. >> president-elect trump with this surprising tweet. in addition to winning the electoral college in are a landslide, i won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people voted illegalillegally. mr. trump did not illegally. mr. trump writing nothing will change and so much time and money will be spent, same results, sad. trump's aid took aim at the recount. >> it is joke. >> you feel that there is some thing going on, hey, i want to doub check this. >> do people have the right do it? yeah, i

so that's why -- listen, not to beat up on melania trump, but just on the -- you know, the strategy of having her do this, like -- >> yeah, i think it's great. essentially in this campaign, when people are talking about hillary clinton then trump benefits, when people are talking about trump, clinton benefits and melania's comments immediately turn the conversation back to trump and his bullying and his meanness, so i think from that point of view is a mistake. >> so when you were talking about basically the trump effect here, how it's spreading, i'm going to put this up. this is a texas agriculture commissioner, name is sid miller he tweeted this on tuesday and identifies trump as trump and secretary clinton as the "c" word. he said it was a re-tweet and in virginia, the parents of students are upset with a high school principal and his secretary for dressing up as hillary clinton and donald trump. hillary clinton in prison garg -- garb, in orange. these are educators. do you think they have the license now to act disrespectful in part because of what's happening on the campaign trail

the modest apartment block where melania trump fwru up is a world away from trump tower and the white, but folks here say they don't need that kind of glamour, but they want just a taste. inside this tourist attraction, a 12th century castle, they hope melania can help put its specialties on the map. >> it takes 100 days. >> reporter: the town is known for its annual salami festival. for reasons no one can remember, only men are allowed to attend. how is it that you will get a male-only salami festal to attract fans of melania trump? >> we don't know. we'll just make a promotion and i guess more people will come. >> reporter: regardless of how, they are ready to as a result their stuff and give slovenia worthy of a first lady. >> i think that now it will be full of tourists. >> reporter: matt bradley, nbc news, slovenia. >> i'm curious to see melania trump or even the first family fidel castro will ev elect to ever make tlip back there. and maybe they will change the rules when it comes to the salami festival. >> paexactly. >>> still ahead, why the honeymoon may be over for juistn tru

melania trump?decked in white? taking a late night victory lap with her husband donald? the 46 year old slovenian immigrant...now the first foreign born first lady since john adams' wife louisa. melania's road to the white house, anything but conventional. she met trump in 1998 when she was modeling in new york...the couple married in 2005 and welcomed son barron a year the reason she was largely absent from the campaign trail. melania trump (gs intv) 10:13:54;18 my priority is my son, barron, our son, barron. and-- i support him 100% in july, she was warmly greeted as she took the stage at the republican national convention... (nats applause) but her words...widely criticized for bearing striking resemeblance to michelle obama's 2008 dnc speech-- sots overlap sot michelle: "you work hard for what you want in life" sot melania: "youwo what you want in life" sots back-to-back sot michelle: "that your word is your bond and you do what you say" sot melania: "that your word is your bond and you do what you say" after that, melania kept a lower profile...but just last week, hi

and oddly, melania trump's speech was about falsehoods and derisions. e first trump ever to take a stand against falsehoods and derisions. >> as we know, now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. it can be a useful tool for connection and communication. it can ease isolation that so many people feel in the modern world. technology has changed our universe. but, like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. we have seen this already. as adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. children and teenagers can be fragile. they are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. this makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. our culture has gotten too mean and too rough. especially to children and teenagers. >> made to feel less in looks and intelligence. so, the wife of the world's biggest, wildest, most out of control cyber bully, wants to assume the position of first lady so she can stop cyber bullying. no. this is not a self-aware campaign. four years ago, melania trump's hu

can't say melania hasn't had plenty of training for all those state dinners she and president trump will be hosting. melania updated her instagram became @ first lady melania trump. she wrote such an honor to visit the white house, little did she know this would be her home when she tweeted this caption at home with my husband. don't worry, there is a piano at the white house should you feel the urge to >> kim: quite the entrance. we take you to a hockey game there. >> dana: first show ever in the state of new york will take place tomorrow night in the heart of manhattan. it is ufc 205. connor mcgregor is going to square off against dana white is at the podium. they wanted to fight a day early. it was actually two days early. picked up a chair. dana white has to pick them up and put them there. no punches were actually thrown. is it for real? i would say probably yes. is it hype? maybe. >> kim: a sky high veterans tribute at the hockey game. night and we all have appreciation for what they are doing. four navy seals repelling down from the rafters. the unique salute appreciated by the fa

the thinking being she could help her husband, just a few days left, so we will go to melania trump and see that. back to the pay to play issue and what happened here and i am joined by ashley webster. ashley: i will jump out of melania's way as soon as they tell me to. the clinton foundation, we know the controversies surrounding it, accusations of pay for play, peddling of influence. a couple angles to this story. our colleagues at thought fox news, bret baer and catherine herridge talking to sources who say there is a year-long effort of fact gathering reviving the clinton foundation, aggressively pursued, most interesting this morning an article on the wall street journal backing up those reports, fbi agents, recordings of suspects and informants on an unrelated corruption case. according to the journal report, and evidence regarding the clinton foundation. they pursue it aggressively but there is a fight in the fbi, was this material enough to move forward with an indictment for prosecution? fbi and the department of justice on top of those organizations, the leaders of those agenc

nobody knows slovenia. >> is it possible that melania trump can help make again. >> i hope so. >> her melania cake sole for three yoeuro a piece. >> a local band dedicated a song to melania trump. >> she grew up a world away from trump tower. folks here say they don't need that kind of glamour but they want just a taste. >> inside, just one melania can help put its specialty on the map. >> the town is known for its annual salami festival for reasons no one can remember and only men is allowed to attend. >> how are you getting male only to attract fans of melania trump. >> you just have to make promotions and i get more people will come. >> regardless of it is ready for recognition of worthy of the first lady. >> i think now it will be full of students. >> matt bradley. >> coming up, how one group of cuban in >> coming up, how one group of cuban in miami is you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay arters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement?, you'd get your whole car ba

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is it possible that melania trump could make slovenia great again? >> yeah, yeah. hope so. >> her melania cake sells three euros apiece. a local band dedicated a song to melania trump. >> the modest apartment block where she grew up is a world away from trump tower and the white house, but folks here say they don't need that kind of glamour, but they want just a taste. inside this one tourist attraction, a 12th century castle, they hope melania can help put their specialties on the map. the town is known for its annual salami festival. for reason no one can remember, only men are allowed to attend. how is it you're going to get a male-only salami festival to attract fans of melania trump? >> we're just going to make a promotion and more people will come. >> regardless of how, it is ready to strut its stuff on the global stage and give slovenia recognition worthy of a first lady. >> now, it will be full of tourists. >> matt bradley, nbc news, slovenia. >> it will be interesting to see whether or not at some point during the presidency, she'll make it over there with

and tonight, melania trump, her first appearance on her own, fight for as first lady. donald trump tweeting from his plane, he's there on the left, watching his wife and that speech on the big screen. and tonight, the clinton team revealing they're planning a moment like this one just hours before americans go to the polls next week. and take a look tonight. our new tracking poll. clinton at 47%, trump at 45%. we begin with abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump sounding like victory is within his grasp. to rule the day, this group. we're going to rule the day. >> reporter: trump in florida, realizing he's got company. there's a little bit of traffic here on the runway. we have our neighbor over here, donald trump. we'll be following him today, and then just over my shoulder, air force one. >> reporter: trump noticed, as well. jumping at the chance to take on the president. >> he's down here campaigning for crooked hillary. now why -- why isn't he back in the office? he's campaigning every day and i actually think, considering she i think he's actually got